Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 31 October 2007
546 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses completed per local authority in each of the past ten years and to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25954/07]
View answerDetails of the number of housing units completed in each local authority in each of the past ten years to 2006 and for the 6 months to end June 2007, have been published in my Department's Housing Statistics Bulletins, which are available in the Oireachtas Library, or on the Department's website at www.environ.ie.
547 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses purchased in private housing estates by local authorities, per local authority, in each of the past five years and to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25955/07]
View answerDetails of the number of housing units completed in each local authority in each of the past ten years to 2006 and for the 6 months to end June 2007, have been published in my Department's Housing Statistics Bulletins, which are available in the Oireachtas Library, or on the Department's website at www.environ.ie. The tenure mix of the surrounding areas for individual acquisitions varies considerably and is not recorded by my Department.
548 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and affordable houses which have been made available, per local authority, by developers in each of the past five years and to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25956/07]
View answer549 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing developments, per local authority, where the developer did not provide social and affordable housing but rather entered into an alternative arrangement with that authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25957/07]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 548 and 549 together.
Details of the number of housing units completed in each local authority area in each of the past ten years to 2006 and for the 6 months to end June 2007, have been published in my Department's Housing Statistics Bulletins, which are available in the Oireachtas Library, or on the Department's website at www.environ.ie.
Detailed information on alternative arrangements to the transfer of land within any proposed development, including the provision of social and affordable housing in specific housing developments, is not available in my Department and may be obtained from the relevant local authority. Composite figures on the yield of social and affordable housing under Part V arrangements are also available in the above mentioned Housing Statistics Bulletin.
